Yellowspotted trevally (Turrum fulvoguttatum) is a saltwater species recorded in Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia. It is mainly found over reef.
Scientific name: Turrum fulvoguttatum · Water: Saltwater
Size: up to 120 cm
The yellowspotted trevally is a carangid that prefers rocky and coral reef areas and is also found on offshore banks; it occurs singly or in small to large schools and feeds on small invertebrates and fishes. It occurs in tropical seas between roughly 36 degrees north and 30 degrees south, down to about 100 m. It reaches about 120 cm fork length, commonly 90 cm, and up to about 18 kg. It supports commercial fisheries and is a game fish, selling in the medium price band, with a trophic level of 4.4, high to very high fishing vulnerability at 66 of 100, very high climate vulnerability at 89, and low resilience.
It is easiest to recognise from the golden spots scattered across its flanks, and its body is more elongated and subcylindrical than those of most other members of its genus, sitting closer to Caranx in build. It favours inshore rocky and coral reefs, though it occasionally ranges out over deeper offshore sand banks. A predator of fish, cephalopods and crustaceans, it partitions its diet with other trevallies in Australian studies. It matters little to commercial fisheries, but anglers and spearfishermen rate it highly as a powerful sportfish and a good table fish. Reproduction is poorly studied; the observational evidence points to spawning in aggregations.
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